Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

[pablohidalgo7]

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Uau!! how old was he??

That's a picture of one of his first races, then 22 or so I think :lol:

 

[MADRAZO]

Both Gesink and Tolhoek selected for the Tour De France team. The team is starting to take Roglic GC chances seriously it seems.

 

[bajbar]

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Both Gesink and Tolhoek selected for the Tour De France team. The team is starting to take Roglic GC chances seriously it seems.

And now Jansen. It looks like they are really trying to bulid a more mountain oriented team. I am just a bit worried what this is going to mean for the cobbles and the TTT... Not heaving Clement and Boom on the team... I don't know. I just hope they don't lose more than a minute in the TTT. They were 1:30 adrift with only five riders against Sky A-team in the Dauphine. Roglič will have to do some big turns. So I guess losing 1 minute would be reasonable. Hopefully...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Roosen, Jansen, Martens are also for Groenewegen ofc.

Still, should be able to do decently in the TTT. There dauphine squad was really the worst. No Kruijswijk and Roglic for instance. And sprinters like Groenewegen, Roosen can add a lot in TTT squads. They can limit the damage to 45 seconds i think

 

[Lequack]

He still seems pretty set to go for stages it seems, or at least he's pretty unclear about it if going for GC. And it's also true that Kruijswisk was always going to be the GC guy.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/roglic-remains-resolute-in-his-tour-de-france-objectives/

 

[Salvarani]

As long as he is in contention. He riding for GC. Thats just what I think...

 

[johnymax]

He'll have a monster Tour, I'm pretty confident of that. If he avoids crashes and misfortunes, I think he is set to be one of the best riders of this year's race. Not necessarily in terms of GC, but animating the race in different ways. I hope for a 2017 TDF Barguil like kind of impact. So Polka Dot Jersey with multiple stage wins and a GC top10.

The bike is also ready

 

[Lequack]

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He'll have a monster Tour, I'm pretty confident of that. If he avoids crashes and misfortunes, I think he is set to be one of the best riders of this year's race. Not necessarily in terms of GC, but animating the race in different ways. I hope for a 2017 TDF Barguil like kind of impact. So Polka Dot Jersey with multiple stage wins and a GC top10.

The bike is also ready

Wow awesome design.

 

[bajbar]

Survived the first hectic day! Good sign.

 

[hayneplane]

Got £5 each way on him at 22/1. Very confident he will flourish on the gravel roads and cobbles and his climbing has been superb this year. My biggest fear was getting injured or losing time early in a crash and resetting his goals to KOM and a mountain stage so am very relieved he has navigated safely through two hectic finales.

 

[bajbar]

A Dutch TV broadcasted a short documentary about Primož yesterday. So if anyone is interested it has found its way to youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1IBRLRgWXM - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtB0mxWARk - Part 2

 

[Cinemaniak]

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A Dutch TV broadcasted a short documentary about Primož yesterday. So if anyone is interested it has found its way to youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1IBRLRgWXM - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHtB0mxWARk - Part 2

Thanks! It looks like he's quite the local hero in Slovenia. Even more than Mohoric and Spilak.

 

[bajbar]

Three time trials in the Tour so far in his career. Had a crash/ mechanical every single time... How unlucky can you get...

 

[janraaskalt]

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Three time trials in the Tour so far in his career. Had a crash/ mechanical every single time... How unlucky can you get...

Nothing happened today, for all I know. Did you get confirmed a mechanical for Roglic?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Roglic did NOT have a mechanical. Time to stop the false news spreading.

Kruijswijk already confirmed on Dutch TV they just started too slow. Nothing to do with a mechanical.

 

[Lequack]

Starting too slow when you have a lot of the team times already known and with the team radios telling you the pace seems like a huge mistake, if that was really the tactics. But obviously they were never expected to be up there with BMC and Sky.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

With LottoNL's TT quality they should have been around EF Drapac

 

[Lequack]

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With LottoNL's TT quality they should have been around EF Drapac

Yeah that would have been realistic, but apparently not.

 

[bajbar]

Near a disaster today. But the team finally showed itself and saved it (even though why they were positioned right at the back of the pack with the wind blowing... I don't know). In the end he was there with the best even if the positioning on the bottom of the climb wasn't great,

And a bonus: https://streamable.com/4xp1h

 

[bajbar]

Survived the first week! Now let us see what he does when the real race begins. He said he will decide how his race will go after the cobbles. He is now 13th overall, completely in the mix with the other GC riders. Why not try if there is a chance.

 

[johnymax]

He'll win the Tour, no doubt about it. He avoided (almost) all the crashes and bad luck so far. He was actually lucky a couple of times when he missed the splits but then came back also with the help of teammates and the riders from other teams. Now he is ready to strike He is maybe the only one who can match Froome on the climbs AND then beat him in the ITT. The question remains his recovery over three weeks but I'm not worried about it. Yeah, I was sceptical at first but now I'm pretty sure. He'll be in yellow in Paris

 

[Salvarani]

Hope he gets do his own race and not look after Kruijswik

 

[bajbar]

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Hope he gets do his own race and not look after Kruijswik

He said before the Tour that he has all the freedom he wants in the team. But the others will work for Kruiswijsk (as long as he is in contention). It would be utterly stupid to send Roglič back to babysit Steven, especially seeing that Primož is both in better shape and in better overall position than Kruiswijk...

Primož is having a great race so far. You do a good result in the Tour by being consistent, by not spending energy when it is not needed. I think with the exception of the little attack today and the TTT his nose hasn't been in the wind yet, while some other GC contenders were constantly fighting for positions for long kilometers of those pesky flat stages.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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Hope he gets do his own race and not look after Kruijswik

Roglic has a free role. He doesn't need to look to Kruijswijk. LottoNL is not that stupid

 

[alexix7]

I think tommorrow´s stage really suits him. Climbs are steep enough and not too long. Downhill is also good for him and his sprint is not that bad. But I am slightly worried about 12km+ long climbs. I think 11th and 12th stage will be too hard for him and he will lose time.